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First-graders at All Saints’ Episcopal School just started an assignment that will take a decade to complete.

The assignment?

Bury a time capsule in the ground then open it up in 10 years to take a look back at what happened this year when the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools across America, Tennessee and even their small school in Hamblen County.

“This is part of history we are living right now,” said Randi Sonon, the All Saints’ teacher who came up with the idea. “It’ll give them a chance to look back.”

All Saints’ Episcopal School, like other schools throughout the U.S., closed as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and started doing classes online. Sonon said they tried to make sure there were different themes as the classes conducted its online learning.

One of the themes the class came up with was the time capsule.

She said for a week the students started collecting things to remind them of the event. Some students collected newspaper articles, some students who had birthdays over the past month collected birthday candles and some collected pictures.